Events

• Oct TBD | MCLE specialty (Remote)
• Oct 11-15 | 49TH ANNUAL SEMINAR
  Fairmont Orchid, Big Island, Hawaii | CLICK HERE
• Nov 3, 4, 6 | Local Law School Mock Trial Program
• Nov 8 | Q4 In-Person Dinner Program
  Charity Event Benefitting the Local Law School Mock Trial Program
• Nov 15 | Q4 ABTL Report
• Dec 5 | Brown Bag Superior Court (Remote)

• January 24 | Athen’s Market Annual BOG Meeting/Networking Event | CLICK HERE (board members only)
• January 24 | Margaret McKeown: Citizen Justice – A discussion with 9th Circuit Judge M. Margaret McKeown | CLICK HERE

• February 21 | Q1 MCLE In-Person Dinner Program
  Justice Guerrero – newest justice to the Supreme Court | at the US Grant Hotel | CLICK HERE
• February 23 | MCLE Specialty – Elimination of Bias (remote)
  Speaker: Tristan Higgins

• March 7 | Q1 ABTL Report
• March 14 | Nuts and Bolts (remote) CLICK HERE

• March 25 | Bi-Annual Trial Skills Seminar | CLICK HERE
• April 28-30 | Joint Board Retreat
  Allegretto Vineyard Resort, Paso Robles California | CLICK HERE

• May 31 | Q2 ABTL Report
• June 14 | Q2 MCLE In-Person Dinner Program
  Daralyn Durie, lead counsel for California’s 2021 verdict of the year and veteran of six post-COVID jury trials, will talk about all aspects of effective trial advocacy from jury selection to closing argument, with examples from her recent trial experiences. She will discuss in particular how women can become successful first chair trial lawyers in significant cases. | CLICK HERE
• June 21 | Brown Bag Federal Court – Judge Huie (In-Person – lunchtime brown bag)

• July 11 | MCLE specialty (Hybrid Event – lunch provided) | CLICK HERE
  Ethics & Electronically Stored Information
• July 18 | Judicial Mixer (LDC)
  The Federal Court Jury Lounge | Networking, Chuchy’s Tacos, drinks, desserts, ice-breaker game, prizes! | CLICK HERE

• September | Q3 ABTL Report

• September 6 | Nuts and Bolts (Remote)
  Taming the Trial Beast: Stipulations, Motions and Mutual Courtesies That Will Make Your Life A Lot Less Stressful. Panelists: Judge Trapp, Mark Mazzarella, and Rich Gluck

• Sept 12 | Q3 MCLE In-Person Dinner Program
  Alex Spiro – “When It’s Worth Taking Cases to Trial” | at the US Grant Historic Luxury Hotel | CLICK HERE

• January 19 | MCLE Specialty – Competence
  Proven Strategies for Coping with Vicarious Trauma, Compassion Fatigue, Burn-out, Disillusionment, and Cynicism
• February 15 | MCLE: ZOOM Evening Program
  The State of Cybersecurity in 2022
• February 22 | MCLE: Nuts & Bolts
  A Primer on Pursuing Cryptocurrency Assets in a Digital World
• April 5 | MCLE: Judicial Brown Bag
  The Honorable. James A. Mangione, Superior Court
• April 29 – May 1 | Annual Joint Board Retreat
  Pasea Hotel and Spa in Huntington Beach, California
• May 10 | MCLE Specialty – Ethics
  Panel of four mediators
• June 14 | MCLE: Judicial Brown Bag – The Path to Becoming a Judge
  The Honorable. Linda Lopez, U.S. District Court
• June 28 | MCLE: In-Person Dinner Program
  Hollywood and the Law | Liberty Station, the BRICK
• July 12 | Twelfth ANNUAL Judicial Mixer
  The Federal Court Jury Lounge | Networking, Chuchy’s Tacos, drinks, desserts, bingo, prizes!
• August 9 | MCLE: ZOOM Nuts & Bolts
  Discussion TBD
• August 23 | MCLE Specialty
  Forensic expert, Mike Wakshull of Q9 Consulting: “Know Your Biases: True Stories from the Courtroom.”
• September 14 | MCLE: In-Person Dinner Program
  Recent High-Profile Cases in the Music Copyright World. Speakers (Stairway to Heaven and Blurred Lines), Westin Gaslamp
• September 22 – 25 | Annual Seminar
  Rancho Bernardo Inn
• November 4, 5 & 7 | Mock Trial
• November 8 | MCLE: In-Person Dinner Program
  Annual Charity Event to Benefit Mock Trial and Local Law Schools at Deck655
• December 6 | MCLE: Judicial Brown Bag
  Judge Smyth, Federal Court

• January 12 – EC
• January 24 – BOG (Athens Dinner)
• February – EC SKIP
• February 21 – BOG (Dinner Program – Q1)
• March 2 – EC
• April 6 – EC
• May – EC SKIP
• May 23 – BOG (Dinner Program – Q2)
• June 1 – EC
• July 6 – EC
• August 3 – EC
• September – EC SKIP
• September 7 – BOG (Dinner Program – Q3)
• October 5 – EC
• November – EC SKIP
• November 7 – BOG (Dinner Program – Q4)
• December 7 – EC

Dates subject to change.

EC meetings will be skipped when in close proximity to a BOG meeting.